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APPLICATION P ILED yJULY 25, 1907. f

' turned inward ready to IRA S. WGLCOTT TR EMONT, PENN SYLVAN ifi..-

no. 'meer/ei peeication of Letters letent.

Application ined July 25.1901 Serial No. 385687.

To all wlw/m, it may concern:

Be it known that l, lnftf. WoLco'lT, e

citizen or" the United States el lingeries, re

siding et l`rernont, in the county of Schuylkill and StateofPennsylvania., lieve invented certain new end useful lrnprovenients inBoolt-Covers, of which the following is d. speci'licetion.

My invention relates to removable covers for books and its objects areto provide s book-cover which yeen be economically runde of paper orother suitable material; which can be easily and quickly applied, endwhich will he applicable to hooks of' various sizes. The dran/1n@ showsthe Tenerel :A earance of the inside of e cover with one end one sidelisp and the lower tongue be applied to fr hook. formed hy dotted ilap,

The large rectangle c lines represents nv wide-open hook placed on thecover. The shaded parts represent gunnned portions ol the cover; and brepresent. the two end flaps; (l And d the two upper laps, c and c thetwo lower llaps; c the lower tongue, and 7" the upper tongue` The sidesof the tongues converge so that when folded inward they will extend overthc edges and can he pasted lo the inside ol' the cover and thus serveas it reinl'orcenunt ci" it.

g is e rectangular' .piece ot' sott peper that can be easily of thetoneuef. lt is pasted over port oi the inside of the upper tong-ue andto the ndjs- 5 cent sides of the cover end extends frein the lower partof the upper flops :is shown in the drawing to a short distance helowextremity of the tongue. While hut one piece covering' the couver-einelines of the tongue] is shown in the druwing, it is ehvi- .L

ous that :t dill'erent shnpe could he used or that two pieces could heone. lf two pieces ure used, one is posted over euch ol' the convergingAlines.

The lower tongue e is olE the sinne width or depth as the [laps c and e:ind is pasted to the inner sidc of 'the cover, :is shown in thcdrawing. 'l'his helps to strengthen part. The llztp l) is turned to theinside of torn alone` the converging" sides i the lower used insteadoi't that i the cover, the *liep c .is then turned over end l fastenedto lep l) with adhesive peste or gum.

To spply the cover to en open hoolc. repre-y sented hy the rectangle c,place the lower lett i hond corner of the lid in the correspondingcorner of the cover under the lleps b and c,

then tear the thin peper along the sides of the i tonguef as 'for es thetippe; edge of the hook. i Fold the free part oit the tongue inward,meisten the gurnrned portion end poste to i. the inside of the cover.Fold over the tlep d, i then close the book except the right hand lid,.u hic i should he opened perpendicular to the closed portion. Fold overthe flaps b" c and. d. lf it is desired to have the cover titvery i theright hand lid of' the hook heck beyond. the perpendicular hcl'orefolding the iii-ips over it. ily inoistening the gunnned portions thecover will he held securely in posi tion.

What l, churn end desire to secure hy Letters Pstentisw- A hook cover ofthe character described adapted to hooks of various sizes andconiprisingn. substantially rectangular hody portion :rnd in'loldingtop, bottoni and end portions, one end of the hottorn portion and one lend portion heing'tolded and pasted toeether ready to receive the lidci' the hook, the remaining top and hottorn portions being ,fruminedon'their inner` surfaces, the cover having converging' lines eut throughit portion oi' thc top antibot-toni as shown, forming two tongues, theupper one ot' which is gurnnred for pestin to the inside ot' the coverthe lower tongue lieing turned inward an i fastened to the inside ot thecover, in conihil nation n ith n suhstnntiitll;r rectangular piece ofpaper or other suitable nmterinl posted i over port ol" thc inside ot'the upper tongue and sonic distnncc hevond its lower extremit;- and theeonvergril'igr sides as shown and derlrilied. t f

IRA H. vVOliCO'lVll1 Witnesses:

Joux A CosTrGAN,

l VIDA B. KAiNns,

tightly, this can he accomplished hy turning

